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The Islamic roots of Afrikaans

The Islamic roots of Afrikaans

When I read a newspaper article in the Mail and Guardian titled “The Islamic Roots of Afrikaans” written by Charles Leonard on 27 March 2024, it resonated quite deeply within me. In my honours research paper, I performed a textual analysis on various Arabic-Afrikaans...

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Bilingual education pamphlets launched

Bilingual education pamphlets launched

On the 21st February 2024, we launched a series of bilingual education pamphlets at the International Mother Language Day celebration in East London. International Mother Language Day is a UNESCO initiative which seeks to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and...

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Developing the love of Science through bilingual teaching

Developing the love of Science through bilingual teaching

In this blog, Science educator, Nosimo Ndzotyana, writes about her experience with the bua-lit materials ‘iSayensi Yethu’. Natural Sciences and Technology aims at equipping and preparing the learners for the changing world. Without any doubt we cannot resist the...

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UWC hosts bilingual learning materials workshop

UWC hosts bilingual learning materials workshop

On the 11 July 2023, the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research (CMDR) at UWC, in collaboration with bua-lit, held a bilingual learning materials workshop to discuss introducing these new learning materials in schools. They have already identified two...

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